https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=TORBERT%2C_Williard_H.TORBERT, Williard H. - Revision history2026-04-12T05:32:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.1https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=TORBERT,_Williard_H.&diff=133618&oldid=prevRandylyon at 17:57, 28 October 20162016-10-28T17:57:38Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1880 Torbert led efforts to modify Iowa's laws on the sale of alcohol by pharmacists. He was elected president in 1888 of the State Jobbers and Manufacturers' Association and was credited with the enactment of laws regulating the rates between railroads and shippers in the state that put Iowa on an equal status with Chicago. In 1888 he was elected president of the Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association and in 1889 was re-elected, an honor never before given a member. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1880 Torbert led efforts to modify Iowa's laws on the sale of alcohol by pharmacists. He was elected president in 1888 of the State Jobbers and Manufacturers' Association and was credited with the enactment of laws regulating the rates between railroads and shippers in the state that put Iowa on an equal status with Chicago. In 1888 he was elected president of the Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association and in 1889 was re-elected, an honor never before given a member. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He served as a delegate from Iowa to the 1892 National Pharmaceutical Association convention. (3)</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Torbert carried on both a wholesale and retail business and established a large trade extending through Iowa in Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to accounts of the time, Torbert filled 100,000 prescriptions in twenty years. He was also secretary-treasurer of the corporation which constructed the [[ELEVENTH STREET ELEVATED RAILROAD]] and a director of the [[DUBUQUE AND SIOUX CITY RAILROAD]]. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Torbert carried on both a wholesale and retail business and established a large trade extending through Iowa in Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to accounts of the time, Torbert filled 100,000 prescriptions in twenty years. He was also secretary-treasurer of the corporation which constructed the [[ELEVENTH STREET ELEVATED RAILROAD]] and a director of the [[DUBUQUE AND SIOUX CITY RAILROAD]]. (2) <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1886 he was the sole agent for the Crystal Plate Glass Company.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=TORBERT,_Williard_H.&diff=112846&oldid=prevRandylyon at 04:28, 27 March 20142014-03-27T04:28:15Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Torbert carried on both a wholesale and retail business and established a large trade extending through Iowa in Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to accounts of the time, Torbert filled 100,000 prescriptions in twenty years. He was also secretary-treasurer of the corporation which constructed the [[ELEVENTH STREET ELEVATED RAILROAD]] and a director of the [[DUBUQUE AND SIOUX CITY RAILROAD]]. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Torbert carried on both a wholesale and retail business and established a large trade extending through Iowa in Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to accounts of the time, Torbert filled 100,000 prescriptions in twenty years. He was also secretary-treasurer of the corporation which constructed the [[ELEVENTH STREET ELEVATED RAILROAD]] and a director of the [[DUBUQUE AND SIOUX CITY RAILROAD]]. (2)</div></td></tr>
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